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Public meeting to discuss Music Conservatorium proposal (2 July)
The University of Canterbury's proposal to establish a National Conservatorium of Music at the Arts Centre is to be discussed at a public meeting organised by the Canterbury Employers' Chamber of Commerce on Thursday 9 July.

UC historian presenting Jim Gardner lecture (2 July)
Emeritus Professor Peter Hempenstall will return to Christchurch this month to lecture on ideas that extend his contribution to Remaking the Tasman World, published earlier this year by Canterbury University Press.

Study looks at response to diagnosis of hearing loss (25 June)
Audiology master’s student Katrina Light has been awarded an Oticon Foundation grant for her research investigating the responses of adults to being diagnosed with hearing loss.

Grant to help commercialise research breakthrough (24 June)
Canterbury University academics have come up with a breakthrough zinc oxide technology that has been recognised with a special $400,000 grant through the MacDiarmid Institute.